Hospital Waste Porter

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Oxford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Video/phone health services

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is hiring a Waste Porter at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The role focuses on waste collection, transportation, and safe removal of clinical waste, domestic waste, recycling and linen across wards and departments.

You will work 37.5 hours per week on a permanent, full-time basis. The job requires physical activity and adherence to infection prevention, health and safety guidelines, with enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Collection, transportation and removal of clinical waste, domestic waste, recycling and dirty linen from wards and departments across the hospital.
• Handle, segregate and transport waste and linen safely to collection and disposal areas following site procedures and health and safety guidelines.

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Job Title

Waste Porter

Salary

£25,263.28 per annum

Contractual Hours

37.5 hours per week

Contract

Permanent

Type of Employment

Full Time

Location

John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX3 9DU

At Mitie, we're on a mission to provide exceptional care and support within our healthcare facilities, and we are looking for a dedicated Waste Porter to join our team at John Radcliffe Hospital.

As a Waste Porter, you'll play an important role in maintaining a clean, safe and organised hospital environment. Your main responsibilities will include the collection, transportation and removal of clinical waste, domestic waste, recycling and dirty linen from wards and departments across the hospital.

You’ll ensure that all waste and linen is handled, segregated and transported safely to the appropriate collection and disposal areas, following site procedures, infection prevention requirements, and health and safety guidelines.

This is an active role that involves regular walking, pushing and pulling waste containers and linen cages, as well as manual handling. You’ll need to be reliable, able to work effectively as part of a team and comfortable working in a busy hospital environment.

In healthcare, no two days are the same. You’ll need to be flexible and adaptable, responding to changing priorities while ensuring waste and linen collections are completed safely and efficiently.

Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, including children and adults at risk, and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced criminal record check with appropriate barred list checks and satisfactory references. All colleagues are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Regulated activity

This role is considered regulated activity and therefore subject to the following:

• It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults, children or both).

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.

Benefits

• Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
• We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household.
• So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
• We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.